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v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT S. VILSON, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIBDS TO H.JAY HAMMOND AND MALCOLM B. WILLIAMS, BOTH OF l SAME PLACE.

POWER-TRANSMITTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 302,076, dated'July15,y 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HERBERT S. WILSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kalamazoo,county of Kalamazoo, 'State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Power- Transmitter, of which the following isa specification.

My invention consists of a certain construction and combination ofparts,substantially as hereinafter described andY` claimed, wherebyeconomy and simplicity are secured and utility greatly increased.

In the drawings forming a part of this specication, Figures 1 and 2 areplan elevations illustrating the construction and operation; Fig. 3,across-section of Fig. 2 on a line with casting i, and Fig. 4 is a viewlooking against the side of the lower portion of Fig. 2 from' the lefthand of saidgure.

The device is connected to a suitable supporting-frame, either inahorizontal, vertical, or other position. Thedrawings illustrate it in avertical position. The lower part of the frame B B,which supports thedevice, is here shown broken away; otherwise it would connect with theend D D; or said parts B B and DD may have separate'supports. This isnot an important feature of the invention. With the end B is connectedin a swiveled manner a bearing-support, l?, in which support isrevolubly located an axle or shaft provided with cranks S S. Thesecranks are located atV right angles to each other, radiating from theiraXisor crank-shaft, Fig. 2. In lieu of the.A

cranks shown in this construction, other devicesequivalent to them maybe employed,

among which may be named gear-cranks,

crank-wheels connected by gear, Src.v (Notl here shown.)

is desired to impart rotary motion from dify Application filed January1884., (No model.) l

ferentioeannes to Samnaun-axle, theiatter being adapted to shift fromone position to anf other to correspond to said different localities byturning its bearing-support P inits swiveled -connections at R, and totransmit said Vmotion by 'reciprocating rods .to the-lower or othercrankaXle. This has previously been effected by connecting thecrank-shafts and swiveled reciprocating rods Iby cumbersome andexpensive connecting means. In my construction the device is greatlysimplied and cheapened andthe operation facilitated.

the half-round swiveled parts af c and the connected rods cV ofand yb b.The portions below fi t may be flattened and play through loops securedto the beams D D. The rods c c are .endof portion a in a swiveledmanner. The

portion c is swiveled in the casting o, and also adapted to play throughit. A connecting` casting,r, is securedto the end of rod c. Said castingis connected in a swiveled manner with the end of portion a of the otherreciprocating rod. The rod c plays through the lug tof the casting r.

More than two cranks may he employed on each crank-shaft, and acorresponding increase of swiveled reciprocating rods, if desired. Itwill appear obvious that three may be used, or anymultiple of three, orany multiple of two.

The cranks s -s and n n are connected withthe reciprocating rods a c anda c by means of the connecting-rods u and f. ,These rods are pivotallyconnected at both ends with said cranks and reciprocating rods.Theconnectwith the connecting-rods u-that is,the plane is vertical, asherein illustrated.

The device might be located in a horizontal plane, when. theconnecting-rods would be on like horizontal planes. Said rods extend in6o The reciprocating rods a c and a c consist of l 'inglrods ff arelocated ona like vertical plane the same direction from their axis orcrankl reciprocating rods, the combination, with reshafts-that is, therods u extend below their crank-shaft, as do the rods f below theircrankshaft.

In Fig. 4 the rod e b is bent to avoid conlieting with the lowercrankshaft.

The operation is clearly illustrated in Figs. l and 2, both as regardsthe vertical play of the reciprocating rods and their movements in theirswiveled bearings. The upper crankshaft in Fig. 2 is shown turned aquarter round in its swiveled bearings R. The eonnecting-rods u and fare still in like vertical planes with each other in this ligure, butnot on the same plane as before indicated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In adevice for transmitting rotary motion from a crank-shaft having aswiveled bearingsupport to a crank-shaft having a stationarybearing-support by means of swiveled ciproeating rods, of theconnecting-rods, each set thereof extending back in a like direction totheir crank-connections,substantially as set forth.

2. In adevicc for transmitting motion from one crank-shaft to another bymeans of swivelcd reciprocating rods, the combinatiomwith thecrank-shafts, of the rods having the halfround portions, the pivotedrods extending in a like direction from their lpoint of pivoting l

